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Despite death, no elevated risk of amoeba at Lake Murray, health officials say
The state Department of Public Health presumes a fatal case of brain-eating amoeba came from Lake Murray, but risk of such infections remains extremely low.
Death from brain-eating amoeba presumed to have happened at Lake Murray
Prisma Heath Richland Children's Hospital in Columbia confirmed Tuesday that a patient treated at their facility died from the organism. This announcement came a day after the South Carolina Department of Public Health (SCDPH) confirmed that there was a case of someone contracting the illness, but did not confirm a death.
Hundreds gather to celebrate life of 12-year-old deadly amoeba victim Jaysen Carr
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - On Saturday, the Midlands community rallied around the family of 12-year-old Jaysen Carr. Carr was a student at Hand Middle School who died after being infected with an amoeba he contracted at Lake Murray earlier this month.
Columbia funeral details announced for 12-year-old Lake Murray amoeba victim
The family of 12-year-old Hand Middle School Student Jaysen Carr announced he died from a brain-eating amoeba infection contracted at the popular Midlands lake.
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